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A Person Takes a Drug and Notices an Effect

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A person takes a drug and notices an effect. The next time they the same dose of that drug, they notice a much larger effect. Which of the following could explain this?


Definitions:

Negative Reinforcement

The removal of a stimulus to increase the probability that a behavior will be repeated.

Positive Punishment

The addition of a stimulus to decrease the probability that a behavior will recur.

Primary Reinforcement

A term in behavioral psychology that refers to something that is naturally rewarding or satisfying, like food or water, that reinforces a behavior.

Variable Interval

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable amount of time has passed, used in operant conditioning.

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